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Sitting room and dining room of the Logan Circle Apartment.
Photo © Eric Laignel
View from the apartment entrance, through Photo © Alan Karchmer
the staircase, toward the sitting room
and beyond to the terrace.
Project: Logan Circle Apartment,
Washington, DC
Architects: Dirk Denison Architects
Landscape Architects: Gregg Bleam Landscape Architect
Lighting Consultants: Mitchell B. Kohn Lighting Design
Structural Engineers: Enspect Engineering Consultants;
Tadjer-Cohen-Edelson Associates, Inc.
MEP Engineers: Hoffman Borowski & Associates, LLC
Audiovisual Consultants: Bethesda Systems
Woodwork Contractor: Potomac Woodwork, LLC
General Contractor: PureForm Builders
Over the past 15 years, DC has transformed into an enticing
urban hotspot for young professionals. One of the first
areas to undergo this transformation was the Logan
Circle/14th Street corridor in Northwest DC. The Studio
Theatre’s long-term commitment to the neighborhood,
coupled with the opening of the first Whole Foods in the
District on P Street, spurred development in the late
1990s and early 2000s, and the first condominiums—
loft-style apartments with ground floor retail—set the
tone for the area.
It is a perfect setting for any young entrepreneur,
especially when home serves double duty as one’s
workplace. Introduced by another of his clients, Dirk
Denison, FAIA, of Dirk Denison Architects in Chicago,
bonded with this client over a mutual appreciation of a
sense of order, clarity of space, and clean lines. These
elements are key to Denison’s approach to architecture
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